I'm sorry for being 2 weeks behind. Our swimmers work hard and they need to be acknowledged for all of their awesomeness!Burbank- ll/20/18Sha'Man Spann II- Sha'Man brings his "A" game to every practice and every meet. He challenges himself to always do his best. Way to go on 2nd place and dropping time Sha'Man! Diamond Rush- Diamond Rush also always brings her "A" game. She is always challenging herself and constantly checking to see if she dropped time. Way to go Diamond!Romeo Nunez- Romeo embodies the team player. He rose to the challenge and stepped outside of his comfort zone. He swam up an age group to help his team! Great team work Romeo!Nia James- Nia has also been working very hard her first year on the team. Meets can be scary for our younger swimmers but Nia takes it in stride. Nia took 1st place for both of her individual events!

Lemont 11/29/18Avery Henderson- Avery has been working very hard at practice and dropped 15 seconds off of his 25y Freestyle! Way to go Avery!Kaelyn Junious- Kaelyn is amazing to watch in the water. She has been pushing herself in practice and it shows, as she took 1st place in both of her events.Juan Sahagun- Juan gives every practice his best and brings it to every meet. He swam well, but he also lined himself up for all of his events and needed no direction from any of the coaches. Ysabella Calderon- Ysabella is also amazing at practice and brought her ferocity to the meet. She was ready to go for all of her events, even prompting the coaches when it was her turn to line up and making sure she was ready to go!

This week was extra hard to choose a swimmer. We watched some amazing swimming. Thank you to those who were able to make the drive, especially considering the weather. The swimmers of the meet at Mannheim are:D.J. Carey- For meeting his goals and coming in first place. D.J. is seconds away from a regional qualifying time.Corri Gleason- After weeks of really pushing herself hard in a new age-group, Corri dropped 5 seconds on her breaststroke.Josh Childress- On top of his goal achieving, Josh has shown at this meet as well as past that he is the embodiment of sportsmanship. He cheers everyone throughout the meet.Teagan O'Connell- Not only did Teagan take 1st place for her 25 Backstroke, but she also supported her team by swimming up an age-group and taking the place of a swimmer who had a family emergency. She was nervous, but she showed she's more than ready.

This week's swimmers were chosen for their grit, determination, motivational efforts, and over all winning spirit!Charles Stewart- For taking first place and bringing his winning spirit to the team.Felix Arias (not pictured as he had to leave early)- Swam up an age group and helped his relay drop over 20 seconds off their seed time!Elise Pacetti - She anchored her 200 Free relay team!Ava Stevens- On top of swimming her heart out, she cheered all of her teammates the entire meet.